{"id":1448836,"date":"2022-04-21T10:01:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1448836"},"modified":"2022-04-21T10:01:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:01:15","slug":"trans-golfer-says-biological-males-competing-in-womens-sports-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-golfer-says-biological-males-competing-in-womens-sports-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Golfer Says Biological Males Competing In Women\u2019s Sports Is \u2018A Slap In The Face To Women\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrans-golfer-says-biological-males-competing-in-womens-sports-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1448836&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-21-at-8.53.25-AM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A biologically male golfer who identifies as a transgender woman says that it is a \u201cslap in the face to women\u201d when \u201cmale-bodied\u201d competitors dominate female sports.<\/p>\n<p>Mianne Bagger, 55,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/20\/transgender-golfer-mianne-bagger-rips-male-bodied-competitors-in-female-sports\/\">became the first transgender athlete<\/a> to compete in a professional golf tournament in 2004 at the Women\u2019s Australian Open.\u00a0Bagger acknowledged that though critics will accuse the trans golfer of being a \u201chypocrite,\u201d Bagger does not think it is fair for biological males to compete against biological females.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crossed the line, in my view, it really has,\u201d Bagger told the\u00a0Australian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/ondemand\/program\/insight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TV\u2019s \u201cInsight<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a slap in the face to women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Current laws allow \u201cmale-bodied people presenting as women, who live\u00a0<em>as<\/em>\u00a0women, with varying degrees of medical intervention and in some degrees, no medical intervention,\u201d Bagger said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crossed the line, in my view, it really has,\u201d Bagger said.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a slap in the face to women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/01\/23\/transgender-athletes-can-now-compete-in-the-olympics\/\">announced<\/a> in January 2016 that transgender athletes would no longer be required to get transgender sex reassignment surgery in order to participate in the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Biological males who believe they are transitioning to women must say that their gender identity is female, and not change that statement for at least four years, and must demonstrate that their testosterone levels are below the declared threshold for a year before they compete, the IOC said at the time. A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-news\/international-olympic-committee-issues-new-guidelines-transgender-athl-rcna5775\">framework<\/a> from the IOC in November 2021 said it would not mandate certain hormone levels anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Bagger criticized this decision, telling \u201cInsight\u201d that it\u00a0\u201calmost denies the impact of testosterone on physical performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is \u201cobviously utter rubbish,\u201d the transgender athlete said, noting that\u00a0\u201canyone with any basic understanding on biology and the difference between men and women knows it\u2019s ridiculous. It\u2019s male puberty that really grants boys and men that physical performance in sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think it\u2019s irrefutable \u2014 it\u2019s ridiculous to suggest otherwise,\u201d Bagger added.<\/p>\n<p>The trans athlete supports legislation that would ban biological males from competing in women\u2019s events in Australia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/lifestyle\/real-life\/news-life\/letting-trans-athletes-compete-in-female-sport-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-women\/news-story\/31651c0ae15faf3ded6ceb45198095f1\">News.com.au reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bagger emphasized the importance of \u201cinclusion\u201d in \u201ceveryday society\u201d and said that transitioning was a \u201cpivotal\u201d part of the trans athlete\u2019s life, saying \u201cWe want equality, lack of discrimination, and of course every single person should have equal access to life and services and work in society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn sport? It\u2019s different,\u201d Bagger said. \u00a0\u201cSport is about physical ability. It\u2019s not just about discrimination, it\u2019s not just about equality and equal access. It is a physical ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The athlete stressed that there \u201chas to be a divide\u201d when it comes to sports \u2014 particularly \u201celite, professional sports \u2014 saying \u201cIf you\u2019ve got one group \u2014 males \u2014 that are on average stronger, taller, faster, as opposed to women, there has to be a divide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got money, medals, world records \u2014 there\u2019s a whole different dynamic at play,\u201d Bagger said.<\/p>\n<p>If there were tougher rules for trans athletes, Bagger would be open to them competing. But the trans athlete said that \u201ccurrent, softened policies that are requiring less and less medical intervention of a male-bodied person entering women\u2019s sport\u201d are not good enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m seen as a bit of hypocritical voice at the moment, so I just have to take the abuse and whatever criticism that is going to come my way,\u201d the athlete concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Bagger\u2019s comments follow backlash against the\u00a0NCAA , which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ncaa-ignores-outcry-from-female-swimmers-over-biological-men-in-womens-sports\">ignoring national outcry<\/a> over the inclusion of a biologically male athlete, Lia Thomas, in the recent NCAA Women\u2019s Swimming Championships.\u00a0Despite highly publicized calls for action from Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy and University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines \u2014 both of whom competed against Thomas, the NCAA has remained silent.<\/p>\n<p>Gyorgy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/that-final-spot-was-taken-from-me-because-of-the-ncaas-decision-swimmer-unleashes-on-ncaa-for-allowing-a-biological-male-in-her-race\">placed<\/a> 17th in the 500 freestyle, meaning that she did not make it back to the finals and was a first alternate. If Thomas, a biological male who swims for University of Pennsylvania, had not participated, Gyorgy would have made it to the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-left-there-with-no-trophy-ncaa-female-swimmer-who-tied-for-fifth-with-trans-athlete-says-officials-put-lia-thomas-ahead-of-her\">competed<\/a> in the women\u2019s 200 freestyle and tied for fifth place with Thomas. In an interview with The Daily Wire, she said she was made to hold the sixth-place trophy during award ceremony pictures, while Thomas was given the fifth-place trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA Board of Governors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/news\/2022\/1\/19\/media-center-board-of-governors-updates-transgender-participation-policy.aspx\">updated<\/a> its transgender participation policy in January, requiring transgender athletes to document \u201csport-specific\u201d testosterone levels within their sport\u2019s approved range at the beginning of the season and ahead of championship selections.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/utm.io\/ueuP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A biologically male golfer who identifies as a transgender woman says that it is a \u201cslap in the face to women\u201d when \u201cmale-bodied\u201d competitors dominate female sports.Mianne Bagger, 55,\u00a0became the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":1448845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1448836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1448836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1448845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1448836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1448836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}